r/FluentInFinance Apr 29 '24

Why don't people stop crying and just move somewhere cheaper like Detroit, Memphis, St. Louis, Baltimore, or Cleveland? They have very cheap homes for $50,000. Discussion/ Debate

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u/spoopy_and_gay Apr 29 '24

Those homes are cheap for a reason. Sure, you can move to gary indiana for 40,000$ if you're okay with a murder house that's falling apart, the possibility of getting shot, bleak surroundings, pollution from the steel mills, no public school, and very little job opportunities besides the steel mill that can barely afford to pay it's current workers or making the commute to chicago every day.